Daily News Roundup: What Will Jeff Bezos Do With All That Money?
His fortune has grown since he solicited ideas for his philanthropy seven months ago. In other news, the Lilly Endowment has given $80 million to sustain 10 social-service groups for decades; the San Antonio police chief is being criticized for releasing immigrants found in a trailer to Catholic Charities; eight activists who attended the Golden Globe awards say Hollywood women “are trying to learn from us": and much more about taxes and impacting investing.
Daily News Roundup: Bill Gates on Big Pharma, Startups, and Global Health
He says far more could be accomplished if large pharmaceutical companies and startups would get more involved in the Gates foundation’s global-health efforts. In other news, the Interior Department has told its staff to check that discretionary grants “promote the priorities” of the Trump administration; a rising hedge-fund star has been charged with defrauding a foundation client; and much more about the arts, health care, and the Rockefellers.
How to Nudge Reluctant Leaders to Ask for Money
Six tips to help nonprofit executives acquire the skills and confidence to help bring in money.
Daily News Roundup: Emory U. Gets $400 Million Pledge
The money will go toward curing diseases, innovative patient care, and enhancing health. In other news, three N.J. towns are trying a creative way to elude the GOP tax law; the ACLU plans to spend big on the 2018 midterms; at the Golden Globes, actresses wear black and bring activists as guests to protest sexual abuse; after dropping for years, free or discounted care at hospitals is now flat; and much more.
Daily News Roundup: What Gives Bill Gates Hope
In other articles, the FBI has launched another inquiry into whether the Clinton Foundation engaged in illegal activity; for the first time in half a century, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will charge non-New Yorkers an admission fee; Warren Buffett has given $43 million worth of stock since July; and more.
Big Fundraising Gains in 2017 Reported by Some Nonprofits
Donor-advised funds, colleges, and other charities say they saw large fundraising spikes in 2017. But social-service groups and others seemed to struggle.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: What 2018 Holds for Impact Investing
Predictions from leaders of four major institutions. In other articles, dozens of refugee resettlement offices in the United States may close; San Francisco’s Internet Archive is given $1 million worth of Bitcoin; grateful fans of football star Andy Dalton are giving to his foundation; real-estate agents and developers are working to lure buyers who want to live in communities involved in philanthropy; and more.
Daily News Roundup: NYC Ballet Leader Acted With Impunity, Say Dancers
In other news, Meryl Streep and Steven Spielberg are among the celebrities giving to #TimesUp; Betsy DeVos’s foundation donated to 100-plus groups in 2016; big hospitals got richer but provided less charity care under Obamacare; La Salle University is selling 46 masterpieces to fund its strategic plan; and more.
2017 Was a Banner Year, With 3 Gifts of $1 Billion or More
Billionaire technology entrepreneurs helped make it the strongest year in a decade, according to The Chronicle’s annual top-10 list of the largest individual donations.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
5 Fundraising Skills to Give Your Charity an Edge in 2018
These Chronicle articles explain how to get your CEO to help with fundraising, how to use social media more effectively, and other things every savvy nonprofit official needs to know.
Readers’ Choice: the Most Popular News-You-Can-Use from The Chronicle in 2017
Every week we publish new resources that help you do your job better and more efficiently. Here’s a list of the resources that drew the most clicks from our readers during the past year.
Reader’s Choice: The Most Popular Stories of 2017
We mined our data to compile the stories that readers clicked on the most this year, on topics including how to raise money from deep-pocketed donors, how to work smarter, and how to deal with a dysfunctional manager.
How They Did It: 10 Stories of Runaway Growth in Giving
These organizations defied the ho-hum fundraising returns of recent years to post remarkable results.
By Drew Lindsay
Contributor
Daily News Roundup: Tax Bill Would Hit Top Earners at Private Nonprofit Colleges
In other news, the Heritage Foundation has named a new president to succeed Jim DeMint; a Vermont senator wants to limit the pay at some nonprofits to no more than the governor’s salary of $166,000; the Holocaust Museum’s ambitious study of the civil war in Syria and U.S. options to mitigate it will be republished; and much more.
Daily News Roundup: Tax Bill Could Drive More IRA Donations to Charity
In other news, nonprofits hospitals are trying to expand in the face of new competition; an intensive effort around the globe is trying to move children out of orphanages; an Ohio medical center gets $75 million for mental-health care; Fidelity donors have given $22 million in Bitcoin this year; and much more.
Daily News Roundup: IRS Still Seeing Fallout From Tea Party Scandal
In other news, charities worry that the GOP tax bill will mean less money for those in need; a Refugees International report cites a “failure of leadership” by U.S. officials and shockingly poor conditions in Puerto Rico three months after Hurricane Maria; donations keep rolling in to public media, despite accusations of sexual misconduct against several hosts and editors; a report on what’s holding back the rich from giving larger sums; and much more.